16-06-16, 09:13 AM
Hi All,
A bit of a back story coming up, but I (think) I have a problem with the top speed of my bike.
About a year ago I bought myself a Cat-D write-off 2001 FZS600. All it needed was new forks, and front fairing.
So me being me, I decided to do a twin Xenon headlight conversion instead of replacing \ repairing the front fairing.
A knock-on effect of this was that I needed to replace the clocks as they got in the way of the headlights, so I fitted a KOSO DB-01R Digital Clock.
(Ok, I probably needed need to, but I wanted too!!)
Anyway, after much fun trying to get the digital clocks setup, I finally got it booked in for an MOT, and it PASSEDÂ :eek
Since riding it I noticed there was a constant "scraping noise" coming from the front wheel, so I stripped down and rebuilt the front calipers. This didn't help and the scriping noise remains, so I've just ordered a set of bearings, but have yet to fit them. It could do with a service too no doubt.
Before I had kids I was always a Suzuki Bandit man (will I get shot for saying that on here?), Now that my kids aren't babies anymore, I'm back to biking, hence me buying the Fazer.
So, back-story done, we come on to my current issue. The top speed of my bike appears to be 86Mph. My Bandit 600 was always good for 115-120mph. I've verified the Fazer speed with a GPS Speedo on my phone, and the new Koso Speedo, and the GPS Speedo are remarkably close together, with only 1 or 2 mph variance.
So my questions would be:
Is this poor top speed normal?
Would knackered front wheel bearings prevent a FZS 600 form going over 86mph?
Any other ideas what my issue would be?
Thanks all
Dalton
A bit of a back story coming up, but I (think) I have a problem with the top speed of my bike.
About a year ago I bought myself a Cat-D write-off 2001 FZS600. All it needed was new forks, and front fairing.
So me being me, I decided to do a twin Xenon headlight conversion instead of replacing \ repairing the front fairing.
A knock-on effect of this was that I needed to replace the clocks as they got in the way of the headlights, so I fitted a KOSO DB-01R Digital Clock.
(Ok, I probably needed need to, but I wanted too!!)
Anyway, after much fun trying to get the digital clocks setup, I finally got it booked in for an MOT, and it PASSEDÂ :eek
Since riding it I noticed there was a constant "scraping noise" coming from the front wheel, so I stripped down and rebuilt the front calipers. This didn't help and the scriping noise remains, so I've just ordered a set of bearings, but have yet to fit them. It could do with a service too no doubt.
Before I had kids I was always a Suzuki Bandit man (will I get shot for saying that on here?), Now that my kids aren't babies anymore, I'm back to biking, hence me buying the Fazer.
So, back-story done, we come on to my current issue. The top speed of my bike appears to be 86Mph. My Bandit 600 was always good for 115-120mph. I've verified the Fazer speed with a GPS Speedo on my phone, and the new Koso Speedo, and the GPS Speedo are remarkably close together, with only 1 or 2 mph variance.
So my questions would be:
Is this poor top speed normal?
Would knackered front wheel bearings prevent a FZS 600 form going over 86mph?
Any other ideas what my issue would be?
Thanks all
Dalton